Production: Marian Crişan preps his first feature

Marian Crişan (Palme d'Or for the short Megatron in 2008) will shoot his first feature this autumn.
27-07-2009

Guilt bows at international screenings

Guilt, the Cypriot-Greek coproduction directed by Vassilis Mazomenos has been chosen to screen at the next Montreal Film Festival before heading to Athens in a tribute to Cyprus film.
26-07-2009

TV channels welcome state money to promote tourism

The Romanian Ministry of Tourism is spending €924,000 to promote local tourism on three Romanian television stations.
26-07-2009

Production: Florin Iepan explores Odessa massacre

Documentary filmmaker Florin Iepan (The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan; Children of the Decree; Bela Lugosi - The Fallen Vampire) is tapping a difficult subject, the massacre committed by…
23-07-2009

Record half-year for the Polish cinema

During the first six months of 2009 Poles bought 19,8 million cinema tickets, breaking the record from 2004.
23-07-2009

Production: New Polish thriller shooting in Warsaw

Marcin Wrona is filming Babtism, his second feature film based on a story from the Polish criminal world.
23-07-2009

Controversial trends in film distribution in Hungary

In the first five month of 2009 the income of Hungarian film distributors has grown 12% compared to the same period of 2008, reaching HUF 3.99 billion (EUR 14.7 million).
23-07-2009

Story TV will launch in four CEE territories

Sanoma Hearst will launch Story TV simultaneously in Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, and the Ukraine in spring 2010.
22-07-2009

Tales from the Golden Age sold to 25 territories

The portmanteau film about life in communist era written by Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) and directed by Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Hoefer, Răzvan Mărculescu, Constantin Popescu…
22-07-2009

Production: Jakl shoots Kajinek

Director and producer Petr Jákl has started shooting his "opus magnum," the big budget crime-thriller Kajínek, based on a true story of one of the most notorious Czech prisoner Jiří…
22-07-2009

Cannes Palme D’or winner to open Era New Horizons IFF – the biggest film festival in Poland

THE WHITE RIBBON by Michael Haneke will be making its Polish Premiere as the Opening Film of ERA NEW HORIZONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, to be held in the city of…
22-07-2009

Grapes 2 finishes shooting

The sequel to a Czech comedy hit, Grapes 2 (Bobule 2) by director Vlad Lanné and screenwriter Tomáš Holeček finished shooting on Sunday, July 19, distribution and production company Bioscop…
21-07-2009

RTV SLO shooting three TV films

Slovenian national broadcaster RTV SLO (www.rtvslo.si) is shooting three TV films during this summer, all being directed by well-known Slovenian filmmakers.
21-07-2009

Media inspector fines Slovenian public TV

A standoff with Slovenian public broadcaster RTV Slovenia over a report about a government minister has resulted in a fine being levied on the TV station.
20-07-2009

Production: Radu Muntean preps Tuesday after Christmas

The Romanian filmmaker Radu Muntean continues his "étude des caractères" with Tuesday after Christmas, a look at the pending break-up of a ten-year marriage.
20-07-2009

New Polish media bill vetoed by the President

On July 17 Polish President Lech Kaczyński vetoed the new media bill on the grounds that he found it threating to the Polish media.
19-07-2009

PRODUCTION: Turkish Fest Helmer Puts Together Top Team for First Outing as Director

Dr Ahmet Boyacioglu, helmer of Turkey's Festival On Wheels, (www.festivalonwheels.org) has put together a top team for his first outing as a feature film director.
19-07-2009

Mid Europa Partners acquires UPC Slovenia

The private equite firm Mid Europa Partners has acquired UPC Slovenia from Liberty Global.
16-07-2009

Kanal D goes international

S.C. Dogan Media International S.A. will extend the broadcasting of Kanal D TV channel abroad, having received approval from Romanian National Audiovisual Council (CNA) (www.cna.ro) in early July.
16-07-2009

Hungarian TV channels punished

Hungarian commercial channel TV2 (http://tv2.hu) has been ordered to temporarily suspend broadcasting by the National Radio and Televison Comission (ORTT http://ortt.hu).
16-07-2009